Blue Devil Postgame Notes l Hampton l NCAA Tournament First Round l March 20, 2010
With The Duke Victory:
- Improved to 28-5 overall on the season.
- Moved to 41-16 all-time in NCAA Tournament play.
- Increased the series lead against Hampton to 4-0.
- Won its 13th straight home NCAA Tournament contest in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- Owns a 15-2 overall record in NCAA Tournament action in Cameron.
- Coach P improved to 14-13 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
- Won its 17th straight NCAA Tournament first round contest.
- Improved to 11-2 all-time against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference teams.
- Moved to 4-0 all-time against No. 15 seeds.
- Improved to 15-1 this season at home.
- Is now 9-3 all-time when seeded No. 2 in the NCAA Tournament.
- Coach P improved to 38-4 in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
- Improved to 134-10 in Cameron Indoor Stadium over the last 10 years.
- Is now 29-1 in Cameron Indoor Stadium the last two years.
- Advanced to the second round for the 17th straight time in Duke history.
Junior Jasmine Thomas
- Finished with 13 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals in 26 minutes.
- Notched double-figure scoring for the sixth straight game and the 29th time this season.
- Started her 57th straight contest.
- With her five field goals made, now owns 476 for the season to rank fifth on Duke's single-season list.
- Her 60 three-point field goals made this year now ranks tied for fifth on Duke's single-season list.
- Moved into fifth place on Duke's single-season three-point field goals attempted list with 163.
- Moved into 10th place on Duke's single-season list with 138 assists.
Junior Karima Christmas
- Closed the game with 13 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals in 26 minutes.
- Registered 11 points in the first half.
- Double-figure scoring streak was extended to five straight games and eight out of the last nine games.
Senior Keturah Jackson
- Scored a career-high 13 points, had three rebounds and three assists in 24 minutes.
- Hit a career-high 6-of-6 field goals.
Senior Bridgette Mitchell
- Matched a career high with three blocked shots.
Junior Krystal Thomas
- With her two blocked shots, moved into sole possession of sixth place on Duke's all-time blocked shots list with 133.
- Moved into tied for seventh place on Duke's single-season blocks chart with 65.
Senior Joy Cheek
- Snapped a six-game streak of scoring double-figures as she finished with three points in 18 minutes.
- Pulled down four rebounds.
Sophomore Kathleen Scheer
- Finished with eight points and four rebounds in 16 minutes played.
- Her eight points was the second-most scored this season.
- Hit 2-of-3 from three-point land.
- Hit two treys marking the third time this season she has hit two three-pointers in a game.
Freshman Allison Vernerey
- Came off the bench to notch eight points and eight rebounds in 14 minutes.
- Totaled two blocked shots.
- Took two charges in the game and now owns seven on the year, which ranks tied for second on the squad.
Other Duke Notes:
- Held Hampton to a season-low 37 points. The Blue Devils have now held 10 different teams to a season-low points and now 13 teams to 50 points or under.
- Made its 16th consecutive and 17th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
- Improved to 24-0 this year when shooting over 40.0 percent from the field.
- Moved to 20-0 this year when holding opponents to 60 points or under.
- Held a 47-31 rebounding advantage on the day.
- Held a 34-16 advantage in points in the paint.
- Scored 27 points off the bench.
- Created 15 points off turnovers.
- Improved to 17-1 this season when hitting the 70-point mark.
- Turned the ball over only 11 times.
- Swatted seven shots led by Bridgette Mitchell's three.
- Registered 10 steals, which marks the eighth straight game with 10 or more steals for the Blue Devils.
- Dished out 15 assists and hit 45.6 percent from the field.
- Held Hampton to only 26.8 percent shooting, which was the second-lowest of the season.
- Will next play No. 7 seed LSU on Monday, March 22 at 7:00 p.m., in Cameron Indoor Stadium.